Continuous-feed writing tablet



Jan. 14, 1930. M. MORAN T 1,743,372

CONTINUOUS FEED WRITING TABLET Filed Dec; 1.9, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR I liar/{ 1 76(4)? ATTORNEY Jan. 14, 1930. MORAN CONTINUOUS FEED WRITING TABLET Filed Dec. 19. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY P 272 [6 ATTQRNEY Patented Jan. 14, 1930 PATENT OFFICE I MARK MORAN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON CONTINUOUS-FEED WRITING TABLET Application filed December 19, 1925. Serial No. 763426.

My invention relates to improvements in continuous feed writing tablets and is in the nature of an improvement on the continuous feed writing tablet disclosed in my prior Patent N 0. 1,491,055, issued April 22, 1924:.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the construction of continuous feed writing tablets of the class in which the paper is drawn forwardly under the platen 19 andthen up over the platen and to cheapen the cost of manufacture of the same and render said writing tablets more substantial and durable and more reliable and eflicient in opperation. V

More specific objectsare:

To provide a continuous feed writing tablet in which the entire frame including the platen over which the paper passes is made from-a single piece of sheet metal;

To provide simple and eflicient paper feed means that may be conveniently operated by one hand to advance the paper Without dangerof moving or sliding the tablet around on the desk or table on which it reststhus leaving the other hand free for other uses;

To provide novel means, in connection with said paper feed, for supporting the feed rollers and providing room for the same;

To provide, at the location where the paper so is discharged and" torn off, an upwardly inclined discharge passageway that directs the end of the paper upwardly so thatsaid end may be easily grasped by the fingers to tear To provide inturned edges forming paper supports along the bottom sides of the frame; i

To provide efficient means. for receiving and holding a spindle or shaft on which a roll of paper is mounted in such a manner that said spindle is easily inserted andremoved .but'is not liable to he. accidentally displaced. To provide a frame having an inclined head end that may be secured to a-wall so as as to. support the platen at a convenient angle for use; and. to provide a removable weight for use within-writing tablet frames of small er sizes to give said'smaller frames stability when they are to be used on desks or tables 'frame that supports the said weight being omitted from framesthat are to be secured to walls.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. V

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in per- 7 spective of a continuous feed writing tablet constructed in accordance with myinvention as it may appear without any paper therein. so

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section of the same with a roll of paper in it. 7

Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sectional views on groken lines 33 and 4l4 respectively of 1g. 2. I Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the portion of the frame in which the feed rollers are mounted, the cover plate or cap for the feed rollers being removed.

Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation showing a modified form offrame having an inclined rear end adapted to be secured to a wall.

Figs. 7' and 8 are sectional views substan tially on broken lines 77 and 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.- i

In the drawings I show a frame, preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal, and embodying two side members 10 and 11 whose top edges are connected toward one end by an integral platen 12 thatextends on a slightupward incline from the foot end ofthe frame to a point abouthalf way'to the head end of the same. The foot end of the platen is bent to form aroll 13 around which the paper may pass as shown in Fig. 2. A guide bar 14' under which the paper must pass extends across the foot end of the platen 12 directly-above the roll 13 to hold the paper down onto the platen. For the purpose of this'description I have called theend of the paper roll the head and the other-endthe foot. v Near its upper orhead end the platen 1 is cutaway to form a transverse opening 15 within which the peripheral portions of two rollers 16'and 17 may operate. Parts of the metal that is stamped out in forming the opening 15 is bent up at eachside toform lugs 18 that serve as end walls foran'upper roller housing and bearing or guide plates for a shaft 20 on which the upper roller 16 is mounted. Slots 21 in the end walls 18 permit the shaft 20 of upper roller16 to move vertically. The lower roller 17 has a shaft 22 that is journaled in the sides and 11,

of the frame and that is provided on one end with a'hand wheel 23 that rnay'fgbe 'cqnveniently grasped by the fingers preferably of the right hand to turn the lower roller and feed the paper. Theroller shafts and22 are both provided near both endswith annular grooves 24 wherein tension Springs .25 may engage,'the tension springs serving as means for yieldingly urging the two rollers together and further serving asa part of the bearing means for the. shaft20 of the upperroller 16.:

A transverse strip of metal 26 is left on the discharge side of the slot 15 said strip being a continuation of the platen 12 except "that it is inclined upwardly at a sharper angle to cause the discharging end .of the paper 27 from a'roll *28 to be directed upwardly so.

that said discharge end will be clear of the roll and may be more readily grasped topull outand tear off. r

A curved cap-30 issec'uredto and supported by inwardly'bent portions 31 on the lugs 18 in such a manner asto form ahousin'g-for the upper roller 13 and completely cover the slot The rearedgeo f cap30 is bent outwardly and upwardly to form a tear off strip 32 and to cooperate with the strip 26 in forming a guide for the discharging paper. It will be noted that the lower roller 17, when fq g ted pulls thepaper that i-s- -dra wn thereunder in the proper direction. Also that-the paper reverses sides in passing around the platen,

theside that is uppermost on theroll being nextto the platen. This makesit possible to display advertisements on the roll and have the reverse side of the paper uppermost on the platen.

The lower edges of the sides 10 andllare bent inwardly to form li anges 33 that greatly strengthen the frame'and that serve to support'tl e-paper'between the feed roll 17 and thefoot end of the frame.

[Thesides 10 and 11 of the frame extend upwardly toward the head end of said frame.

to form rounded portions '34 which are provided with vertic'al grooves '35 terminating in deeper recesses 36 for the'reception of the ends of a spindle or 'bar'37, preferably square,

on which the roll 28 ofpaper is supported. The upper ends ofthe grooves 35 are flared outwardly as at 38 to facilitate insertion of the ends of the bar 37 th'erein when a roll of paper is .onsaid bar and the recesses 36 are deep enoughto afiord sufficient shoulders'40 aboYe the'endsof-the bar 37 to prevent said "barf and roll ofv paper from dropping out of as if said fr m is n te n sees 9 swing, $11 551? the-e515 Per tions 34 are sprung outwardly enough to permit the ends of the bar to pass. The bar 37 being square prevents the paper from muching too freely. The side members 10 and 11 p -on the flanges 33, thence upwardly around the end roll 13 and under the guide or breaker strip 14 thence over the platen 12, between the rollers 16 and 17 and out between the discharge plates 26 and 32. The paper resting ,on the platen 12 may be conveniently written on, beg nning near the top end or housing 30 and writing'downwardly towardthe foot of the platen. Only the part that is written on need b to n q h k ng P ss b a i o siderable saving-in paper over a tablet of this class in which'the paper is fed from the roll downwardly overthe platen and torn off at the bottom: for instance if a single line as a telephone number is written at the top. of sheet on the platen the paper may be pulled out just far enough to clear the writing and a comparatively narrow strip of paper torn off. On the other hand a long-message or series of messages may be written continuously, the paper being fed through as used I and the length of one continuous-writing bewhich obviates .the necessity of pulling the paper out.

In Figs. 6, 7, and '8 'I show a continuous feed writing tabletofsmaller size in which all ofthe essential elements are substantially the same as those shown in the preceding figures, but in which the platen is disposed at a greater angle relativeto the base to afford space within the frame for a weight 45 removably held therein as by screw 46, and in which the rear end 47 is inclined asshown to adapt it to fit squarely against and besecured, as by screws 49, to a wall .48s0 as to,

support the frame at the most convenient angle to be written on. Arest 50 for the hand 0r a mmay be ecured. to th flam when the tablet is to beused on the wall. ;-The =W. sht i nsed to give a t na b i y t the frame f th Sm l iz bl t h e same i use 0 a an? '01 desk n Sa d We? h il be re ed f m r le bu Qf' a 'et ma r int nd r us on W ls:

ales that mus -1. a esk Q b es- ,The arm rest 50 obviously will not be used V I 1Said rest 50 is preferably foldable, see dotted mes.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose a preferred embodiment of my invention but it will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be resorted to as are within the scope and spirit of the following claim.

I claim:

In a continuous feed writing tablet, a frame embodying two spaced apart side members, a platen supported on said side members and having an upward incline from the foot toward the head of the frame, said platen having a transverse slot formed near the head end and leaving a transverse discharge member beyond said slot that is inclined upward- 1y at a greater angle than said platen, bearing lugs extending upwardly from said side members at the ends of said slot, said bearing members having slotted holes therein, an upper roller having spindles that extend outwardly through said slotted holes, a lower roller below said upper roller and arranged to press against said upper roller,tension springs connecting the bearing spindles of said two rollers, thumb turn means for turning said lower roller a cap supported by said lugs and forming a housing for said upper roller and an extension on the rear end of said cap spaced above said discharge member and forming a tear off strip. r

The foregoing specification signed at Seattle, Washington, this 5th day of December.

MARK MORAN. 

